"A little gymnastics — chandelier work," he later explained. Dorin and Dunn (Loveless) had a real-life nightclub act, "Michael Dunn and Phoebe," where they sang and exchanged banter. [citation needed] The pilot is the only episode in which the center panel of the Hero is replaced by a sketch of the final scene of an act; he is replaced by the villainous General Cassinello (Nehemiah Persoff) at the end of the third act . The less said about that abomination of a film, the better. The locomotive is brought out for the B&O Train Museum in Baltimore's "Steam Days". James T. West (Born July 2, 1842) was a special agent in the US Secret Service who served directly under President Grant and was considered the best agent the government had to offer alongside his loyal partner and best friend Artemus Gordon. Other filming locations were Old Tucson Studios and Apacheland Studios in Tucson, Arizona and Gold Canyon, Arizona respectively. Cinematographer Ted Voightlander was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on one of these episodes, "The Night of the Howling Light." Conrad performed nearly all of his own stunts in the series. Fleming later contributed ideas to NBC's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Robert Conrad's name was also set in this font. ("The Night of the Bubbling Death"), ("The Night of the headless Woman", "The Night of the Fugitives", "The Night of the Camera", "The Night of the Tycoons"). ("The Night of the Big Blackmail"), A surprise joke snake in the cigar humidor. In 1999, a theatrical feature-length film co-produced and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld was released as Wild Wild West (without the definite article used in the series title). Martin told Percy Shain of the Boston Globe, "In the three years of the show, I have run a wider gamut than even those acknowledged masters of disguise, Paul Muni and Lon Chaney. The dramatized World War II adventures of U.S. Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his U.S. Marine Attack Squadron 214, (The Black Sheep Squadron). Both films were directed by veteran comedy Western director Burt Kennedy and written by William Bowers (in the latter case with Tony Kayden, from a story by Bowers); neither Kennedy nor Bowers worked on the original series. All original font references refer to faces in the One Line Manual of Styles of the now-defunct Photo-Lettering Inc. from the 1960s. The Wild Wild West was filmed at CBS Studio Center on Radford Avenue in Studio City in the San Fernando Valley. Broken leg for Jimmy George. "[16] Thereafter, Conrad was doubled for the dangerous stunts but still participated in fight scenes. ("The Night of the Surreal McCoy"), Crystals that, when surgically implanted inside the brain and shattered by a high-pitched noise, caused the subject to turn into a criminal. ("The Night of the Bubbling Death"), The fireplace concealed a secret escape door and an emergency flare signal; it also had concealed side panels for chemicals and a primitive phone mouthpiece for communication with the engine ("The Night of the Brain") and a case of fake jewels ("The Night of the Egyptian Queen"). Hallmark Channel aired the series in 2005 as part of its slate of Saturday afternoon Westerns but dropped it after only a few weeks. This plot is similar to the second-season episode "The Night of the Brain", which featured a different villain. At Pastore's insistence, the networks promised tighter industry self-censorship and the Surgeon General began a $1 million study on the effects of television. Watch The Wild Wild West Online: The complete guide by MSN. He used this to probe and trigger traps in the Secret Service training room depicted in "The Night of the Janus". [60] Its ongoing popularity throughout the 1970s prompted two television movies, The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979) and More Wild Wild West (1980) (see above). Two Secret Service Agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West. Paradine planned world conquest using a formula for invisibility, recalling the first-season episode "The Night of the Burning Diamond". It's a constant reminder to be careful. Receiving that first edition back in the '90's from a friend is one of the best gifts I ever received. The screen was divided into four corner panels abutting a narrow central panel that contained a cartoon "hero". ("The Night of the Brain"). It was hazardous work. Just like the world of Harry Potter, the original Wild Wild West series is a completely self-contained and highly stylized fantasy realm. (An anachronism since this was invented nearly ten years later - 1888), Two pistols on a wooden swivel-stand on desk, activated and controlled by a knob on the fireplace. One of the questions it tackled was if violence on television, including graphic news coverage of the Vietnam War, was a contributing factor to violence in American society. [31] Originally a wood-burner, the Inyo was converted to oil in 1910. In 2009, Will Smith apologized publicly to Conrad while doing promotion for Seven Pounds: I made a mistake on Wild Wild West. smoke bombs, impact flares, ("The Night of the Avaricious Actuary") gas grenades, anti-lock key, ("The Night of the Golden Cobra"; "The Night of the Simian Terror") explosive putty, ("The Night of the Returning Dead"; "The Night of the Egyptian Queen"; "The Night of the Spanish Curse") acid-dissolving steel ball, ("The Night of Montezuma's Hordes"), ("The Night of the Tycoons") wood-burning chemical, ("The Night of the Deadly Plague"); impact explosive ("The Night of the Vipers") etc.) Behind the Hero, in the lower left panel, a robber backs out of a bank; the Hero subdues him with a, In the upper left panel, a gunman points a six-shooter at the Hero, who drops his gun and puts his hands up. Ross Martin's name was set in the font Bracelet (which resembles newer fonts named Tuscan Ornate and Romantiques). a Wild Wild West home page featuring the 1960s kick-butt television series about Secret Service agents James West & Artemus Gordon, and all related including series stars Robert Conrad & Ross Martin. He explained that Garrison "saw the show as a Bond spoof laid in 1870, and we all knew where we stood. In Los Angeles, such shows opened with a cautionary announcement: "Parents — we wish to advise that because of violence or other possible harmful elements, certain portions of the following program may not be suitable for young children." "[51] This is confirmed by an article by Associated Press reporter Joseph Mohbat: "Shows like ABC's 'Outcasts' and NBC's 'Outsider', which depended heavily on violence, were scrapped. ("The Night of the Green Terror"), Explosive glass bulbs. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback. Freiberger said, "I was fired for accomplishing what I had been hired to do. The character became an immediate hit and Dunn was contracted to appear in four episodes per season. It was built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey. Written by Gilbert Ralston and directed by Richard C. Sarafian it originally aired on September 17, 1965. The luxurious interior of the passenger car was constructed on Stage 6 at CBS Studio Center. ("The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth"), A metal cage connected to a lightning rod. For The Wild Wild West, Inyo's original number plate was temporarily changed from No. The World War II North African missions of an Allied commando patrol squad of the Long Range Desert Group. The two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) Garrison said to himself, 'Michael Dunn would make the most extraordinary villain. ("The Night of the Sudden Plague"), An explosive powerful enough to destroy city blocks. Wild Wild West is a strained film that tries too hard at delivering something to the audience. "There is a reference in it to a racial slur," Conrad said. [7][8] Revisited introduced Paul Williams as Miguelito Loveless Jr., the son of the agents' nemesis. James West and Artemus Gordon are two agents of President Grant who take their splendidly appointed private train through the west to fight evil. ("The Night of the Tottering Tontine", "The Night of the Falcon"), Armored wagon with cannon. ("The Night of the Cut-throats", "The Night of the Janus"), A ventriloquist dummy used by Artemus Gordon to throw his voice. ("The Night of the Poisonous Posey"), A robot suit of medieval armor. The NABB hoped to use the cartoon ban and warning announcement as a model for similar agreements with other local stations. During the first season, the series title "The Wild Wild West" was set in the font Barnum,[41] which resembles the newer font P.T. ("The Night of the Flying Pie Plate"), Knockout gas in a cane. [47], Three months later, in March 1969, Sen. John O. Pastore (D-Rhode Island) called the same network presidents before his Senate communications subcommittee for a public scolding on the same subject. [28], Garrison's return was much to the relief of Ross Martin, who once revealed that he was so disenchanted during the first season that he tried to quit three times. Some were recurring devices, such as West's sleeve gun or a breakaway derringer hidden in his left and right boot heels. The series spawned several merchandising spin-offs, including a seven-issue comic book series by Gold Key Comics, and a paperback novel, Richard Wormser's The Wild Wild West, published in 1966 by Signet (.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:linear-gradient(transparent,transparent),url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN 0-451-02836-8), which adapted the episode "The Night of the Double-Edged Knife". Articulus: Hurd Hatfield. When the shell ejected from the rifle, it caught him in the eye and burned it. ("The Night of Montezuma's Hordes"), A grappling hook mechanism with piton ("The Night of the Juggernaut"), A grappling hook/spindle combination silent pistol ("The Night of the Camera"), A glass cutter ("The Night of the Camera"), A set of a six shooter pistol and Winchester Carbine decorated with metal stubs. Interiors were shot at CBS Studio Center. ("The Night of the Bubbling death", "The Night of the Brain"), A "Victorian" record player. Garrison was replaced by Phillip Leacock, the executive producer of Gunsmoke, and Freiberger was supplanted by John Mantley, an associate producer on Gunsmoke. Built in 1856 at the Mason Machine Works in Taunton, Massachusetts, it was later renamed The William Mason in honor of its manufacturer. ("The Night of the Brain"), Knockout gas in a box ("The Night of the Pelican"), Knockout gas in a balloon]. On August 17, 1966, however, during production of the new season's ninth episode, "The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse", Garrison fell down a flight of stairs in his home, fractured his skull, and died. [57] FIT appealed, but a year and a half later the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the district court decision dismissing the suit on the grounds that FIT had not exhausted the administrative remedies available to them. The network then hired Collier Young. (1965–1969). Why not just play James West black without explaining it? US District Court Judge John J. Sirica, who later presided over the trial of the Watergate burglars and ordered US President Richard Nixon to turn over White House recordings, dismissed the lawsuit in January 1971, referring FIT to take their complaint to the FCC. By then, Garrison and CBS had brought James Bond to television in a unique way. Ross Martin: broken leg. "[66] Conrad was also offended by the racial overtones of the film. A battery-powered (or spring-driven) electric drill, that in one episode was roughly the size of a large avocado and used to assist West's escape from a metal cage.